AAP General News (Australia)
02-26-2001
Vic: Bradman embodied Australian ideals, Benaud
MELBOURNE, Feb 26 AAP - Cricket commentator and former Australian captain Richie Benaud
today said the late Sir Donald Bradman, who died at the weekend, was an Australian icon
who embodied the Australian ideals of hard work and sportsmanship.
"He showed that it was possible in Australia ... to be a young country boy, with no
pretensions, someone who was a very promising country cricketer, who could then go on
to play for Australia and captain Australia," he told ABC radio.
Benaud, who captained Australia when The Don was chairman of selectors and …
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